"Australian Convict Sites" is a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on fertile Australian coastal strips at Sydney, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, and Fremantle; now representing:
" .. the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."
hese properties were all individually included on the Australian National Heritage List
before inclusion on the World Heritage list.
Penal Sites Included
The 11 penal sites constituting the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage listed property are.
- Cockatoo Island Convict Site (New South Wales)
- Great North Road (New South Wales)
- Hyde Park Barracks (New South Wales)
- Old Government House (New South Wales)
- Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (Norfolk Island)
- Brickendon and Woolmers Estates (Tasmania)
- Cascades Female Factory (Tasmania)
- Coal Mines Historic Site (Tasmania) [
- Darlington Probation Station (Tasmania)
- Port Arthur (Tasmania)
- Fremantle Prison (Western Australia)
Criteria for Listing
Out of over 3000 convict sites remaining in Australia, the 11 constituting the Australian Convict Sites were selected as the pre-eminent examples of the world's convict era satisfying World Heritage Selection Criteria IV & VI
Criterion IV (ie ensemble of buildings/architecture etc illustrating significant stage in human history):
"an exceptional example of the forced migration of convicts - an important stage of human history"
Criterion VI (ie directly or tangibly associated with events etc of outstanding universal significance):
Criterion VI (ie directly or tangibly associated with events etc of outstanding universal significance):
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